Sometimes action movies spend far too long dumping lore and exposition on you, with people standing in front of screens explaining the plot. Sometimes, we can’t be bothered with that. Which is why we’re thrilled this next movie looks a lot more interested in letting physicality do the talking. As part of Collider’s Exclusive Preview for Summer 2026, we have a new look at a revenge thriller that already feels like one of the season’s more distinctive action swings. And yes, if you’re a Reacher fan waiting for Alan Ritchson to use his gigantic fists to batter his way through another gang of baddies, this should very much have your attention.
Collider is absolutely thrilled to debut an exclusive new image from Motor City, the upcoming action crime thriller starring one of our favorite stars, Ritchson, as John Miller. Directed by Potsy Ponciroli, the film is set in 1970s Detroit and follows Miller, a working-class romantic who is framed by a ruthless gangster after falling for his girlfriend. After years in prison, he returns home with only one mission: extremely painful and prolonged revenge. In our image, Ritchson looks mad as hell. The movie is “a virtually silent” revenge saga, as it only has a handful of spoken lines throughout its 103 minutes. While that could seem like a gimmick for most movies, it sounds like the perfect narrative device for Motor City because Ritchson’s body language does the talking for him.
In addition to Ritchson, the cast includes Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies, The Fault in Our Stars) as Sophia, Ben Foster (Hell or High Water, 3:10 to Yuma) as Reynolds, Pablo Schreiber (Halo, 13 Hours), Ben McKenzie (Gotham, The O.C.), Stephen Dorff (Blade, True Detective), and Amar Chadha-Patel (Willow, The Decameron) as Singh. The film is written by Chad St. John and features music from **Jack White. **
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Speaking with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff at the Toronto International Film Festival, Foster shared some intriguing insights into working with Ritchson. “He’s very tall and very muscular, and he’s very handsome,” Foster joked, before getting serious about Ritchson’s acting ambitions. “He’s terrific as a mover. I think he wants to do some deeper work, or rather different kinds of work than he’s been doing, and that’s a joy.” Foster added that he felt the movie was “like a graphic novel,” and described it as a “rock disco revenge film,” saying:
“The film itself, Motor City** — we just wrapped — is virtually a silent film**. There are five lines of dialogue. Jack White is helping with the music, so it’s like a rock disco revenge film. It’s like a graphic novel, so it’ll be interesting to see how that shakes out.”
Independent Film Company will release Motor City in theaters on July 24. Stay tuned at Collider for more from our exclusive summer preview series.